The job market is much stronger than economists expected. Why?
According to CBS , against all odds, the U.S. job market is in a good place...
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Woman sentenced for fatal road rage shooting in Jackson
Sources from CBS affiliate WJTV report that a woman was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of another woman during a road rage incident in Jackson...
Mosley named MSU executive director of Housing, Residence Life
According to a press release, Mississippi State alumnus Calvin Mosley is the new executive director of Housing and Residence Life, bringing to the role more than 20 years of leadership experience in housing, student life and development...
Trump says he wants Bill Pulte to "start the process" of shrinking intelligence office
According to President Trump on Friday told the Wall Street Journal that he wants Bill Pulte, his controversial pick to run the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, to "start the process" of eliminating some workers and shrinking the office...
Second Facebook privacy settlement payment is coming soon. Here's what to know.
Sources from CBS News say that some Facebook users may soon receive a second payout tied to parent company Meta's $725 million privacy settlement, according to the claims administrator and an email sent to eligible claimants...
US set to hold latest oil and gas lease sale for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Associated Press reports that the Trump administration’s push to expand oil and gas development in Alaska faces a new test Friday, with the latest lease sale set for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...
Trump looms large over upcoming primary elections in Washington, DC
Sources from AP say that the last time Washington, D.C., residents chose a new delegate to Congress and a new mayor in the same election, gas was $1.33 a gallon, and George H.W. Bush was president...
Alabama man sentenced to life in prison for various charges
Matthew Bruce Page, 36, has been sentenced in Fayette County to life in prison along with two concurrent 20-year sentences for various charges...
ICE will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from custody
Sources from AP say that Immigration and Customs Enforcement will no longer report deaths of detainees who have recently been released from its custody..
Ocean Springs teen critically injured after falling from moving car
According to WXXV, an Ocean Springs teen is in critical condition after an accident involving a car on Thursday night...
Bond denied for teen accused of killing Simpson County couple during standoff
Sources from CBS affiliate WJTV say that the 17-year-old accused of killing a couple during a standoff in Simpson County appeared in court on June 5, 2026...
Exploding stars: MSU physicist earns NSF CAREER award to study stellar explosions, element formation
According to an MSU press release, Jaspreet Singh Randhawa, a Mississippi State assistant professor of physics, has received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support a $700,000 research project on the nuclear reactions that power stellar explosions and other extreme cosmic events...
Trump announces $700 million investment in coal plants and California export terminal
CBS News reports that The U.S. is stepping up its investment in coal as President Trump doubles down on his commitment to bolster the fossil fuel industry...
Dow soars nearly 900 points as Wall Street bets on Iran peace deal
According to CBS News, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared deeper into record terrain on Thursday as investors pinned their hopes on a peace deal in Iran...
The U.S. is minting more millionaires than ever. Here's why.
Sources from CBS News say that the U.S. minted 736,000 new millionaires last year, bringing the total number of Americans with such wealth to a record 8.7 million, according to a new report...
Mobile U-Haul employee arrested in connection with reported theft
WWAY reports that Mobile Police Department officers have arrested a man accused of stealing money from a business...
John Bolton plans to plead guilty in classified documents case, sources say
Sources from CBS News say that John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, is planning to plead guilty to one count of retaining classified national security information and will agree to pay a $2.25 million fine, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter...
Meta is selling $3.99 monthly subscriptions for Instagram Plus. Here's what you get
According to CBS News, Meta is rolling out an Instagram subscription service for $3.99 a month, called Instagram Plus, which adds features such as "stories" that last for 48 hours, double the amount of time for nonpaying users...
Tennessee couple accused of conspiring to kill rape victim
According to CBS affiliate WJTV, a Dyer County Grand Jury has indicted a couple with criminal conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in an alleged murder-for-hire plot...
MSU’s Marshall garners second honor for acclaimed Civil War-era biography
According to an MSU Press Release, Mississippi State’s Executive Director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library Anne E. Marshall has received a Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for her book “Cassius Marcellus Clay: The Life of an Antislavery Slaveholder and the Paradox of American Reform,” adding to a growing list of accolades for the acclaimed work...
Researcher Uses Award to Study Nanoscale Reactions for Cleaner Fuels
According to a Press Release, a University of Mississippi researcher has earned a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study how tiny structures can make clean energy production more efficient...
Governor Ivey Approves Request for Alabama National Guard to Support America 250 Events in Nation’s Capital
According to a Press Release, Governor Kay Ivey on Thursday announced she approved a request for the Alabama National Guard (ALNG) to support operations surrounding the America 250 events in Washington, D.C...
Wildfires are making the US smoggy again, reversing progress on cleaner air, study finds
According to AP, for more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds...
Scott County school bus carrying basketball team involved in crash
According to CBS affiliate WJTV, a Scott County school bus was involved in a crash on June 2...
Pilot of fighter jet downed over Iran was previously shot down in Kuwaiti friendly fire incident, sources say
According to CBS, the pilot of the F-15E fighter jet downed over Iran was also flying one of the jets shot down at the start of the war by Kuwaiti friendly fire...